r the point.
N Instrations of the seasons.
5,, the weariugof hot and uunutuml heud~
that-1nd silk hats are an abomination.
perverts a
._ .it. aurora takrl'it’nway' reho‘will not. tel:
‘ 'j irate-ens ‘03s rhinos.—
. l.
i
i,
\
wide.
\” Air balloons were invented by Gusmac,
eJesuit, in‘ 17:39. and revived by Mont-
goltier. in France. in 1783.
Fifty railroad tics, each eight feet in
length and, 16x10 inches thick. were cut
from one pine tree of 190on county,
Georgia.
Pine City... Washington Territory.
claims to have thesmallcst living woman.
She is twentyseven years old. twenty-
niue inches tall and weighs thirty«three
bounds.
there is swatch In a Hwtss museum
only tltrcesixtecnths of an inch in diam-
ctcr. inserted in the top of a pencil case.
lts‘ little are indicates not. only hours.
minutes and seconds, but also days of
the month.
An apple tree on . the premises of
Joseph I“. Plummer. in lippcr Swamp-
acott. Mass. has a rose engrafted on it
that blossomed beautifully this Season.
It was pure white, and has the fragrance
’_ of the apple.
The (‘ul‘llt‘l‘ stone of the old Capitol
was la d bv General “'ashington. on the
lrth day of December. tins. 'l‘hisbuihl-
ing was set on tire by the British in the
war of H14. at the con. lnsion of which
. it was rebuilt. The wings were addedin
.rlx‘il. on July I. the anniversary of the
lie. laration of Independence.
At Russel. in the year 1340. cats
formed p :t of an orchcstra which per-
formed before Philip ll. of Spain.
A bear was seated on a great car
at the figure of__2itt organ. which. instrad
of p pc". but twenty cuts of different
notes and sites shut up in small cagcs
with their tails out. and attncl ml to the
register of tin-organ in such \ manner
that when the bear pressed t keys the
tails of the unluckv cats were pulled,
and the cats began io squeal.
-———
Picturesque Japanese Customs.
The sword is held ins \ccial vcncration
by the Japanese of all Classes.
bolizcs the divine authority of the
Mikado. the loyalty and martial pride of
the warrior; and Japanese umitcrsepcak
of it in glowing terms as the “previous
possession of lord and \‘ussnl from timcs
older than the divine pcriml," or as "the
living soul of the samurai.“ Many
treatises have been written on this theme.
the art of determining the tanker and
date of a sword-blade being one of great
research and labor. 'l‘hosc made before
ltitlll, A. IL, nrccalled old swords; those
made since. new swords; and the former
was a long. straight. double-edged weap«
on called the hen. the latter a katana.
single-edged and slightly curved toward
A short sword or dirk. called
the wakina~hi, was worn with the kntana
ase sign of reutle birth or military in-
heritance; .lembets of the fourth or
lifth rank in the Empire wore ashort
dirk without a guard. which doctors and
artists were also required to carry.
stilettos a foot long were a part of an
officer‘s and nobleman‘a dress. Others -
could be mentioned. but these will sullice ‘
to show their important character among 3
a people who inscribe such sentiments as i
the following upon their blades: - "Ing‘
oue'a last days, one‘s sword becomes the i
wealth of one‘s posterity ;“ and. "Ono's i
fate. is in the hands of llcavcu, but a :
skillful fighterdoes not meet withdeath." ?
Tea—drinking and dancing are inti~ ‘
malt-ly associated in Japan. and both are
carried to a high degree of artistic per~ '
faction. The tea-houses are to Yoko-
hama what the Boulevard cafes are, to
Paris. The waitresses are gmccful girls,
v ho more about with noiseless trend,
5 trving fragrant tea in dainty cups. with
slices of sweet cake; and entertainment '
is furnished by fair dancers in silken ’
robes, who move sinuously to the bizarre
.II'SIIIS 0f IIIL‘ kutn. the kugu‘
eamiscn. These native dmccs are a
species of acted charades. each havin a‘
central motive or idea to illustrate. '1‘ tie
gives rise to an intinitévariety of pleasing
motions and tableaux. There are parasol‘
dances. fan-dances. .flowercharadcs. il-i
and many
mores—Frank Leslie‘s.
—-—-—-.——-—-—— 4
Signs of Wind.
Father Dominick Navarette in the
ecyeuteenth centur discovered certain
infallible signs 0 wind. One never-
failiug token “was the running and lint-
tering about of little insects aboard the i
ehi , and the more restless they are the
big or the wind. and by observing what
place they came from mariners shall
now if it will be fair.“ Another sign.
according to his reverence. is when pi
begin to run and tumble about a alup
in a calm. Baumgarten, in his :‘Trav-
ell,“ says hewas with a pilot who, b .
putting his finger in his month on
then holding it up, “prognosticated to
us that we should have wind very speed-
Ily, which. indeed proved accordingly."
All that the modern sailor can do by
wetting his finger and lifting it is to
feel if there be any movement in the
air. The digit has long ceased to be a
aybil. Formerly the Brittany fishermen
raised the wind at will by rocuring the
dust swept out of a cert n church and
blowing it. in the direction from which
tbev desired the breeze to come. Sar-
dinian sailors also possessed the same
useful art. To rocure a fair wind they
had nothing to 0 but to sweet a chapel
after mass and blow the dust of it after
departing ships. —-London Telegraph.
’ 7 ' ,._Bald~lloadedness.
There is much wearisome and needless
discussion about baldbeaded American
men. Wash your head thoroughly once
a week with a lather of soap andrwater,
rinse all the soap out. and rub the scalp
lively till it is entirely dry. Never wear
an unventilnted, hat. or any but at all
when on can avoid it. Wear astraw bot,
last of felt, whenever possible. Give
your seal plenty of sunlight. also lenty
of air. on’t smoke too much. ollow
these directions. and on never will be
beldcheaded. Eveni your hair has be~
gun to get thin, it will revive. Canadians
are bald because they wear fur caps. It
coverin that makes the hair fall out. If
a quite (1 man should bareheaded
in the Inn and air a year. itis likely that
his hair would come in again. and he
would never take cold. Remember this :
Nature meant your hair to keeplyour head
warm. no; for caps or felt ate. Felt
These are the wretches that make Ameri-
can men bald-beaded. It is not their
mighty‘intellccta or their excessively due
a. f you render the hair
anpggdnena by making hate do its duty for
Mm.
lt Sylll' l
and ’
and the ‘
And now is ready for the bier;
Deer Hope. to thee so long we clung!)
We watch the sails far- out at sea
Upon the blue horizon‘s rim:
“'e strain our eyes till sight grows dim:
be nowhere ridetb proud and free
Our ship “Gotid Luck!“ but. specters grim
Acmm the waves before us skim.—
Hanght else will come to him or met
Int no! we yet. shall see our ship. 0 friend,
Come sailing into port with treasure
freightcd.
Although its coming may be long bglatod
And failure woary us till oartlrday‘s end.
lnbo the fairest port of that fair world
and wrong.
And victory‘s [sinner ever be unfurled.—
l‘be proudest ship of all'that sail the sen
“'lll come. her bosom holding u Nilt h untold.
And on her prow in characters of gold
tier name engraved—“Good Luck“ for you
and me!
Eternity is longr and triumph sure;
”or t‘ailun‘s for a utmoout may endure.
an! all at last a \ o‘tor‘s crown slulll \\'\‘\‘\l‘.
-—(y‘eorgr K. Lewis. in the Current.
CANYOIt JOB.
My recollections of t‘anyon .loc recall
launitptc character. whose loicf t‘:llt‘t‘l‘
t Ind violcnt end are not tccoulcd in tltc
: tnnals of the great and tun“ ll]: \Vt'sl.
: lie was an exotic w a child of the Fast -
but he grco to manhood among the
. rough't'ronticrsmcn. and the bowl of the
i coyote. the shtick of the (It'\ll‘llt‘ll\‘cltlil‘.—
. turd. were as music to his «or. "is ltll‘
, lure was gradually transformed to a
toughness til it in ttcltcd hell the hardy
tucttts and the stuutcd chapurral. Ilc
. was called ( any on Joe. because he was
i found in a canyon by some trappvrs and
l adopted by me. IIl‘. had straycd front a
tvapvn train on its way to l tab and got
5 lost. .\t this time he was fourteen years
i JItI. and i osscssted of no aniouut of nerve
”which. by .assiduous cultivation.~devel~
. oped his capacity to cut a wide and critn~
‘ Ion swath in any community that gave
ihint the slightest provocation. When I
intet him it was scu-ral )rurs after the
| War. [was with a miningr party pros»
pecting in Arizona. We were in that
a llcak but pi. totesqnc mountainous region
where old t‘etonimo so long defied the
, United States army. There were tiftccn
; of us in the party, including a
, half~ bred Scot". and scvcral old
: miners, who knew the country pretty
, well. One evening we had struck
four camp on the mountain side. near a
small stream. and put out the usual
'plckcts for Indians. when we heard a
' commotion and very soon the scout canto
‘walking in. lcadinga horse that had a
‘ridcr. The horseman “as t‘anyon Joe.
and he scented to be very happy to find
white men with plenty to cat and drink.
IIe Ital two Indian sculps. freshly taken,
dangling at the pommcl of his saddle.
and he explained that he killed the rt-d-
Ikins in an open. square fight. 'lhc
miners present did not credit this and
rather suspected that he. slipped upon
them unawarcs. His face looked as if it
had been tanned for ages by a hot sun
and scoured by dirt. scooped front an
alkali plain. Although only medium
sized he seemed to possess a wiry frame
and great physical strength and eudu‘
runcc. Ilis cyoa new small and piercing
black. set Very close together. and sepa-
rated by the bridge of army thin “IIIII‘
line nose. He asked permission to camp
with usthat night. and agrccd to at t as
guide for the party during the rest, of the
‘x‘ip. It was considered bcttcr to utilire
him than to have him at largtu-so we
gave hitu a cordial rcccption. After
eup )er we sat beforc a small tire in front
oft in tent Canyon .loc drank freely
and began torclate some of his exploits.
The half-breed scout. a tall. athletic
man, out. or rather reclined. on -the
ground by the tire. opposite .loc. Ile
kept his eyes fastened on the latter and
t
listened attentively, but never ventured »
a rcnuirk.
(‘anyon Joe related the fullowitt.‘r nil-
venturer-. “It was along in ' the sivties
that 1"agreed to set. as N out. for a party
of nine men who wanted to explore the
eountry now known as the Black Hills.
hose men were a tough lot, smite
amblerd'. some miners. and all good on
{he shoot. I was barely twenty years
old. and looked younger. so when I
offered myself as a scout they laughed at
me and called me a kid. But when they
8‘. made inquiries. and learned that I but
been nearly everywhere in the \Vcst, and,
killed as many Indians as the next one.
they accepted my services. If they had
not, I intended to ask one or two out to
settle for calling me a kid. These men
somehow knew that )lmll of gold was
In the Black Hills. and ha a map that
some miner gave them on his dcathlwd.
We started up the Little Big Missouri
River in a large yawl—boat. with plenty
of provisions and firearms. It was slow
work pulling up the river. but in ten
days we had gone quite a distance. We
hadn’t been bothered by Indians, and I
thought it mighty queer. It was in the
fall of the year and the weather was line.
.At night we tied our boat to the bank
and camped on shore. \Ve always
took precautions, though, against
the Indians, for fear of a
surprise. Just. , about. sunset one.
day I got ashore as usual and walked up
the bank to select a place to camp while
the party rowed along in the boat. I
. had not gone far when I heard a volley
of firearms. I rushed to the river and
saw the boat a few hundred yards above,
but no one was pulling at the oars.
Every man in it was dead or dying. A
crowd of Indians on both sides of the
river were tiring into the boat, and some
were swimming out to bring it to shore.
The attack was a complete sur rise. and
I have no doubt the first vol ey killed
them all. I wanted revenge. but; single-
hunded I could not attack'them. Luck-
ily I had my rifle and ammunition with -
me or I would. have starved to death. I
knew that I was .ar from any settlement,
and that if I escaped the Indians I might
meet death in some other form. I crept
swiftly from the river. aided by the sp- '
reaching night, and had gone about.
Iialf a mile when a big Indian stood
right; up in front of me. I was a surprise
to him, and I know he was to me, but I i
drove my hunting knife into his breast;
so quick that he tumbled back without 8, ,
He was a stray Indian belonging '
groan.
to the band who did the murderous work
at the. river. For three days I kept up a
brisk pace. and managed .to .kil , 1e
Thea fatigue
amerwhich Pets raw.
began to tell upon me.
“'here none shall know dark nights of low. '
And Hope. reborn. shall sing eternal song, i
What matters—now or then. or hem or there-f .
i A Transformation :Scene.
2
.friend' was in Vienna.
up but I fell back exhausted. The men
came forward and asked me how I came
thrcrc. and what my business was. I
explained my escape from the Indians.
and then they treated me better. They
picked me up and carried me to a small
house some little distance away. “'hcn
they entered the house an Indian woman,
who proved to be the wife of one of the
men. assisted thcm to mt me on a few,
skins spread upon the floor. A half breed
girl. tall and handsome. about. seventeen
or eightccn years old. the daughter. was
tcntion to my entrance. I was feverish
from hunger and wanted to gorge at
.oncc. but they gave me food in small
- quantities. For two days I did not stir
. from the house. In my delirium I must
have talkcd about the, claims I had
staked. for as soon as ccame lucid I
clirious
I raved
the people. I resolved to play
in order to discover their plans.
and talked'incohcrently, and linallycricd 6
out: ‘I‘ll come - back and work my '
’ claitn.‘
men were present. They
each other and one said:
i ~'l'ltat settles it; ifhcdocsn‘t die of fever
lltc must never leave here alive. Ilc‘ll
have a thousand people here in less than
in tuonth.‘
; “The other responded coolly:
,\\‘c‘ll do him up if he happens to get
' \vcll. I am sorry wctiidn‘t leave hitn to
dir the morning we found hitn.’
“Well. that talk scttlcd me. I resolved
to escape thtt night. I could not, be-
cause I found I \vasa prisoner. The In-
dian woman rcmaino‘l awake all night
at the door.
.ptcntly left me alone. and thcnl mau~
, “The two
; looked at
agcd to get at the food and cat enough to f
strengthen me. The second night the
husband of the Indian woman kept
patch. The next day I “as naturally
slccpy and slept soundly until noon. Then
I awoke and tavcd itt a weaker tone of
voice. as if I’ were gradually sinking.
The half-breed girl. I noticcd. was slccp—
log all the afternoon.
"l‘at-oma. the stranger may die to«xttor~
row. To‘night you will have to watch
ltitn.‘
”Tacoma rc ilicd:
id of him to-utghtl
be bothered with him further.‘
“They then discussed in detail my l
Chances of getting well. The girl picked
up a large hunting knife and looked at.
me. IIt'I' mother tnottoncd her to
p it the knife down. I bclicve
i would have been settled then and
thcrc but for
made up my tnind to escape that night,
no matter if l had to tight. my way out.
It was abright moonlight night, and I
ritle bullet put in me. at long range in
felt that I Stood a good chance to have a l
l
I
making a dash for liberty and life.
others soon fell ash-op. My ritio was
standing in the corner and my large
hunting knife was on the pallet. Why
thc'yleft the knife so near tne is a mys-
tery, unless they expected me to use it
when eating jerked beef. 'I‘acoma's
death watch on me began at nine o‘clock.
For two hours she scarcely moved in her
chair and appeared deeply engrossed in‘
thought. I rcnmincd perfectly quiet and
at long intervals groaned feebly. as if my
end was ncar. Ilctwecn eleven and
twelve o‘clock she rose and looked at
me. Idarvd not open my eyes. Then
she. turncdundwalked stcalthily to the
door. and to my great joy. opened it and
went out. In a second I was on my feet,
set utcd my rifle and had my knife ready
for action. \\'ith t at like trcati I reached
the door and stcppcd out into the broad
glare of the 'mot'utlight. The girl was
uowbcrc to be seen. I had resolved to
Icvcl my rifle and threaten to shoot her
if she made an outcry or tried to prevent.
my escape. I turned to the right
of the. house and reached thccorncr.
intending to run down to the creek.
Tacoma reached the corner from the
other direction just as I did. and we
collidtd. Mic seized me and gaye a
'loud yell. It was all too sudden for me
to l't‘llt‘t‘t. I forgot she “as a woman
and plunged by knife to the hilt in her
bosom. As she fell I sprang ovcrher
body out male for the creek. I heard
the two urn coming and knew that I
could not escape theta by flight. I got
behind the banks of the creek and shot
them both down before they came with—
in titty yards of me. I do not know to
this day whether they are dead.
“During the night. I tied to the. south
and when daylight came I was rnanv
miles away. If that girl Tacoma had
not— ‘
(‘anyon Joe‘s sentence was never
finished. The half~brced scout who had
listcncd intently, without moving a
muscle. to the cold~blooded recital
sprung over the tire thtt separated him
from Joe and buried his large hunting
knife‘to the hilt in the heart of the man
who killed the beautiful Tacoma.- Joo
mpired without a groan and before any
of us could inter-pose the scout had cut
his scalp clean from his head.
Tacoma was the assassin‘s sister. and
he explained that ,Joe murdered her in
in the house. and paid scarcely any at- i
noticed that a change had taken blace in i
‘Yt‘S; :
In the daytime they fre- ‘
i The equestrian
The 3 ~ ~ . .
. . it t . -. ‘ t x . ' '
girl took a scat near the door and the % n m ht {\‘humd‘ “‘he r“; cd into
cold blood in the time in order to ,
make away with the d dust in the
house. The grief-stricken other pursued ,
and was shot, but not‘killed. His
brother. who was with him, was killed. l
The. half~brced scout was absent when l
the murder occurred. Ile vowod i
vengeance against the man who murdered ;
his sister. but had no clue by which to
discover the name or identity of the
assassin. Can on Joe bad drank too
much and lost is discretion, or also he
would never have related the story. His
body was left on the mountain to the
vultures—Now York Hail and Ear-m.
, They are very businesslike in Europe
and very exact in their methods. My
He had taken
from here a letter of credit: on one of the
best known banks, and he wanted to
draw on it. So hc'aought: the weary of
the bank in ’icnua. He walke into an
' office which had a big barricade in front
of a long desk and two small holes cut
for the convenience of customers. He
I» walked up to the first of them. A man
came up. He handed the letter of
credit to him. The man looked at it,
and said very grutIIy: “Next window."
lily friend went to the next window. a
man came up, took his letter of credit.
looked at it, smiled leasantly, and said:
‘; “That‘s-all right. ow much do you
iwish to draw, air?” It, was the same
‘mam—Saa Franc-5m Chronicle.
i Politeness is the distinctive. attribute
l of the gentleman; redenosa’ot tbeboor.
bimi“
Featherley-“I read him an original
poem last night of twtnty~fonr verses,
and he walked off without saying a
word.“
Dumley—“lle is certainly a wonderful
man.“
It‘eatherle'y— ‘ ‘Iiow wonderful t“
Dumley—“In beingable to walk off.
It‘he were not a wonderful man he would
have been carried otI’.”"——-11arper‘s Razor.
A Barber‘s Frightfiil Example.
“Not now. thank yot," the latter re-
plied. “By the way, any I ask you why
you don‘t. use the hair restorer your-
self i Your locks are rather thin.“
As the barber had scarcely a hair on
his head. the phrase “ rather thin "
; sounded like sarcasm.
\ the barber.
“Why not? I‘d think it would be a
f recommendation.“
“No; he selects only baldhcadcd men
to work foeriim. and hopes to sell his
hair rcstorcr by having them pose as
fright ful cxamplcs.“~ . Tears fittings.
i ————-—A
Determined to 8 'II.
“Stranger. I want toscll ycr a horse.
“Stranger.“ was the reply, “I don‘t
want him.“
. “Stranger.“ rejoincd the wayfarcr.
“ycr rccly must buy llllll. \"cr never see
' a better horse for the pit-o.“
i “What is the pricc, stranger?“ asked
the contemplative man
“A hundred and lift) dollars and dirt
cheap at that.“
The Illtlllin‘l‘ 'ncditatetl for a few mo-
ments and then bludly remarked:
“Stranger, I‘ll give ya t.ve."
disun‘untcd. saying
“stranger. I won‘t al~
I
l
.
with carnestnes:
. low one hundred and forty—live dollars to
‘ Itand bctwccn you and me and a trade.
j The horse is yours.“—.~'t Lays.
llcforc sunset she : .
anokc, and her mother said to her in j
the Siotn language. which I utnlcmtood: ,
“Wanted Insurance.
“Is this a tire lusurun-tc company I“ he
inquired as he hesitating‘ty cntcrcd the
3 Olllt‘t‘ of one of thcbcst kn nvu companies
' l in the c mutrv.
‘Ob. why not get . \ ‘
“‘c do not wish to
" Yes. sir.
you 3“
“Yes. I‘m a tra\ eliag man. and I‘ve
~ust got asituation. l‘\ e been unfortunate
to every other jobl‘vc’bad. Always struck
dull tradcyou know andgot tired. Sow.
Anythin: we can do for
5 if you will insure Inc uglinst tire in this
3 case I‘ll be perfectly willing to pay what-
, . .
. _ 1 ever is reasonable for a wlt v‘
that girls mother. I! i "
i
l
'Ilut the company wasn‘t filling that
kind ofa long felt u‘:ittt.—Men‘}tarot Track
‘ eler.
Too Old.
“Say! lemme use yotr telcibone a
an otlicc on Griswold strict.
"l‘ertuittly."
“Hello! hello! Give “136.905. Is that
you, darling!“
,(“l'csf‘l
“Say. pet. I left my wallet on the
dresser with $250 in it. Did you find it i"
(“ch ")
“Good! ‘Fraid I‘d lost it on the street.
Big load off my mind. Shall I bring up
those shocs f“
t“ch.“)
“I‘m dead broke. you know. but per-
haps I can borrow 3' until after dinner.
so as not to disaploint you. Good-by.
darling.“
t“(tood-by. sweetnessb
‘.SII_\’." he said to the man at the desk.
“ wrbaps you overheard what I said, and
wtll lend me the tive."
The occupant pointed over his‘shoulder
to the door.
“\\'li:tt? Skipl“
“Yes.“
“Too old 3"
“Y1“. v
‘ ‘llecn caught before?"
“Yes.“
“I skip! Good~by I“—-Detmit Free Prue.
The Court Adjourned.
A Witness was being examined before
a Dakotajitslh‘t‘ 0f the peace. and in the
course of his testimony mentioned hav~
ing said to the prisoner at one time that
he had a horse he wanted to trade. .
“Hey?" said the prosecuting attorney.
who was conducting the examination;
“wins it that sor‘l one of yoursl"
“Yes.“
“\\'ant to trade yet 3“
“Don‘t care if I do—what you got i“
“lie hasn‘t anything that you want.“
put in the attorney for the defense; “if
you want to trade I can give you a
mighty good show with my bay mare.”
“Order in the court room 3“ roared the
justice. waking up at this point. “ \‘hat
was the last testimony you gavel“
“I said I once: met the prisoner and
said to him:
that sor‘l mare o‘ mine
“Hold on a minute,“ said the justice.
“you don‘t want to trade your sor‘l yet,
I s‘ set"
“ might if I got a good chance.“
“Say," continued the court, “if you
mean business I can give you jest the
an
alickest swap for that buckskin hos: of
mine, an‘ ’bout $10 to boot, that you‘
This court is adjourned forl
ever seen!
one hour—come out to the barn and look
my boss oven—Dakota Bell.
He Hated a Thief.
Late one afternoon while on the edge
of .the Black Hills country. near Buffalo
Gap.we got into conversation with a set—
tler and mentioned that we were goina '
to camp for the night down the ma
about a quarter of a mile, among some
trees. '
“Of course you‘ll do as you lease,
' gen‘l’men,” said the native. “but in ad.
vise you hotter camp there."
“\Vhy not?”
“D‘ye see that cabin down ’bout fifty
yards from the timber you‘re speakin'
‘ 7)
OIE‘YeS.” - .
“Well, sir, the biggest thief in the
Hills lives there. If you camp there
he’ll besure to steal som’thin‘ from you
‘fore mornin’.”
“Is that; sot"
thYou bet! There‘s my barn back
there where Istore my oats. For the
last two year that teller hasn‘t. fed his
team a single mouthful of his own hoes
feed—been stealin‘ out 0’ mine all the
time.”
“Should think you would do-eome«
thing about it."
“Met Well, y~a~e-s, {pa might think
Iwcnldfimt u see t et‘aekisdnrin‘
all thietimcltge been feedin‘mytean.
out 0’ his oats“ goin‘ down nights
”Will you take a bittle of hair re~x
1 atoreri“ asked a barbcv of a customer. .
"The boss doesn‘t ailow it,“ explained
“x
‘Bill. I‘d like to trade you '
of this neighborhood, and have the
. names of several people. “’here is J.
’ B. Mucklei‘“
, “Dead."
f “Ah?“
; “Ah. bah.”
i hWhat was the matter with him?"
3 “Sick."
i “What sort of sickness?“
: “Swamp fever.“ 1:
i “Let me see.“ consulting a scrap of
i ballet, “where is Tom \V. Buck?” -
g “head."
; NWhat did he die of i“
“Swain i fort-r."
“llump r.
Blyl"
“In the graveyard.“
“Swamp feverz“
3 “Yes.“
“Do you know anything about Calvin
Hunter!"
“Yes. laid hitn out.
“What. was the matter with hlmi“
“Swamp fever." ,
“My friend. I have come intolhis
neighborhood to buy land."
The native. stalling a welcome, re~
plied: “\\'e‘vc got the finest country on
earth. pmlner. right here. I‘ve got 260
acres that I‘ll let you have."
i “How does it lie.”
! “Fust ratc.“
“How‘s the water?“
“lit-st in the \vorltl.“
“Laud rich?“
“t‘rcam couldn‘t hold a lightning bug
to it.“
“How is this neighborhood
way of health!“
"Sweet as a pre ——tincst you ever saw."
“No cltillsr“ .
“Not one."
“Fcu-r of any kind 3“
“Not a fever.” ‘
“What about those fellows that died i“
“Ilah molt. tltvtn fcllcrs. Why. you
see. they-they ww‘y. they oughter died.“
“That‘s all right. but I don‘t. believe I
want any land ‘round here.“
“You don't! ““y. dcucc take your
ugly bide. w‘v didn‘t you tell me at fust
that you thought 0‘ buyin' land an‘ I
wouldn‘t a-said nothin‘ about them fcl-
lcrs dyiu‘. Illnst your bidcf You go
around the country takin' advantage o
fellers this way. You don‘t know how
to treat a gentleman. Move on. now. or
1'” hurt you. t‘otne cheatin‘ me out of
a sale. Move on. I tell you."«——Askumaa
T mreJcr.
*
The Life of a Grasshopper.
As every one knows. it isarulc of
nature every winged insect shall die
within the year =the occasional indivi—
duals that survivc the twelve months
only proving the rule». for the stage of
wings is the last third of the creature‘s
life. After all. it would be very absurd
if we did not humanize among ourselves
thc stagesof childhood. youth. middle
age and old age. which together cover
the span of our "three score years and
ten.“ Au inscct‘s stages proceed in a
far smaller compass. and the winged one
is the last. It is really the old age of
the caterpillar or grub.
Thus a gnuohoppcr may be for two or
three years a grub. for another six
months a hobbledchoyfltlmt is. a wing-
i'u the
less thing. half grub. half grasshoppcr‘ .
and then for a further spacea winged
grasshopper. In the last stage it mar-
rics. and there is an end of its purpose.
Nature has no further need for it and
does not care whether it dies or not.
The slender fragility of the inscct‘s ap-
icamncc may have suggested a feeble
hold of life; some grasshoppers look like
the mere specter; of insects. About
of. us. too. there is a vegetable. pcrisha~
bl ook. as of thin gramrblades that a
frt ‘t would kill or beat shrivel up: a sns~
pi ion about their scre and faded edges
th t they are already beginning to
‘ wither. But the grasshomwrltas nothing
to complain of as to its'lcngth of life. It
sings the summer in and the autumn out.
and goes to sleep with the yearn—Gentle.
man‘s Magazine.
A South American Sea Back.
In a Barclay street store is a splendid
specimen of the South American loon.
stuffed by the same artist of Rochester
who has preserved Jumbo for posterity.
It is nothing but an enormous sea dock.
with a four-inch bill, sharp as a needle
and keen as a blade. The other day a
sailor dntp wed in and paused admiringly
before the ird.
. “ Where did he come from. shipmatc I“
“ (it! the C020! of Brazil.“ the propric~
tor n‘plicd. ,
” Well.“ said the old salt. “ I was
askin‘ because I‘ve bet rations as I‘m the
only man as ever had one 0‘ them pesky
things in my hand alive. They‘re smarter
. ‘n a fox. and devilish hard to shoot. We
was a sailin‘ the Gulf 0‘ Mexico in the Vic-
tor ‘bout ten year ago. when one of them
critters came alon idc and cast anchor
on the bowsprit. was oun er then as
lam now. and says I : ‘ Bird, a 0y I Dem
me if I don‘t run down that thing.‘ It
was nearly dark. and I feels my way can-
5 tious-likc along the bowsprit and grabbed
£ him sudden by the neck afore he knowed
I what was up. I‘m a tellin‘ you it was a
fi job a gettin’ that follow on deck. lie
cut my coat like a razor. “’e bound him
to the deck with a three-cord rope. He
took a loaf of bread we tossed him, and
halved it with his bill like a knife. Be~
fore daylight he‘d worked his was
through that rope and was gone. Bless
if I don't b:lieve them birds can bite
through a lamp post.“—tho York Sun.
In Stories of To Doggie.
Once in yo "very olden tyme at Her:
chantt sayd too an Eddytor, “I dean
thynke advertizing payes.“
“Let me show yov,” said yo Eddytor,
(“I pvtt 1 lyne in my Papyr and not
charge yov a pcnrie." .
“All right." replied the Merchantt,
“and we will see.”
So ye Eddytor pvtte ye Iyne in his
P3P!"
“TmTED A DOGGE. Joan Jones. 259
Oldest.
Now yt happened that 400 Peple cache
brovghte a Dogge on ye next daye there-
after, so that. Mister Jones (whych was
ye Merchantt‘s nayme) was overrunne
with Dogge‘s.
“Synce there are so manye Doggea,"
sayd he, “I thynke I myght make some
bysiness and will give you a pennie for
cache Dogge.”
Ye people tooke ye pennie each for
his becavse there were so manye
Dog a, and Mister Jones ekynned ye
400 ¢urges and made bootes and gloves
from ye 400 hydos and thve mayd
‘ A Bro Fonrvxn,
and thereafter added to yt by advertiz.
i to ye Eddytor’s papyr.-Amicaa
3a.. - ,
l
’ s
Where can I ‘find Sim a
note that grace which Abraham exhibited
Lot showed when he watched for guests at
the of the city, and which (‘hrist rector
oi as a positive requisite for entenng
heaven. when he declared: “I wuss stranger
and ye took Me in.“ -
I pnum to salt this morning of the trials
and mwards Christian hospitality. The
trial often marries in the whim and ec-
centricity of the rues-rt himself. There an
a float many excel ent. promo who have pro
to ‘canons of disposition. and sharp edges of
tunpcramwt, and uupltability of character.
which make them a positive nuisance in any
house where they stay. Iln short acquaint-
ance they will b.\g.n to command the hours;v
hold affairs. order the employee to unusual
_ service. keep uns-usonuble hours. use oar-units
. in was utieusivo to sensitive nostrils. put
their feet at unusual elevations. drop the ashes
of their Havana on costly tapstry, open
us they ought never to touch. and pry
into things they ought never to sea. and be-
come impervious to rousing bells. «and have
‘ all the peculiaritiws of the gunman Ilzt‘f‘ or the
i dyspeptic. and make cxcavati urns from r or
. dentistry with unusual implements. an in
’ n “1th ways afflict the'ituui-hold “‘It‘st‘ll
pnipm' s to take c i of them. Adxlrsl to all.
they stay tin long. Th 1v have no idea \\ lieu
their welcome is worn out. and they
Would be nuumvnl even by the bliss ng
which my friend Gerri! Smith. the l bilan~
. thropist. ask“! one morning at his breakfast .
table. on the day when he liopal that the .
long pnttrnctcd masts wuuld depart. saying: "
and our friends i.
friends. i
‘ thew aw all -viatzons to ‘ve - at on their side ;
Perhaps they owe not had the 5
tune n-flttin; Illflllen\‘3‘ about them in early »
I‘l-rhtps they have 3
, inbcrdct t‘t‘v etitncttnw th'tt they cannot help. i
; "U Lord. 1.1,“ uus ‘kltt\‘.\.t\ ..
'whu have us toda, I‘xut. my
' of the scale.
life that you have bad.
Perhaps it ts your duty. by orampio. to show
thorn a lwltcr way.
be a trial for the
patient».
‘ you are trying to inculcate ill the lllJ-LI.‘ of
your children. ‘crhals ll. is to make your
, unto the brighter ultv-u they are gone.
, “‘bcn our gonads are chuu y. and Ins-mating.
and elegant. it is \‘tl‘fi' easy to ”Horton:
them; but. when We find in our goals that
which ts antagonistic to our t at.» and saint}
mom. it. "but suitivv triumph “hon We can
obey the non \ of my twat and be ‘ given to
httpttnltty.“
Another trial in the using of this grace is
in the toil and expetrm of exorcism; it. In
elk! well regulated household things go
smoothly. but now you have turn-tut“! a
fowtgti element into the ttttclunery. and.
though you may stoutly d-«lan‘ that they
must take things as they find them~ the‘
Martha will break in. ‘l’hi ung-wcruable
stove. the rum“! dessert. the Joint that
nun-s to be unuuutnmbie. the delayed mar-
‘cttng. the perplexztuu of a latch-r. the dim.
culty of doing proper work. and yet always ,
being pm-uta ilc. Though you may mv
there shall be no cure or anxiety. them will
be care and thew Will be anxiety. In
the (amour-General providml a vary grand
entertainment. anl noting other things he
had a fountain in his ganterIAa fountain of
atom; drink. In it were four hugsheaab: of
brandy. eight bl ‘sheanis of water. twenty"
five thouxuid lemons. thirtusn hunrodvveigbt
of Lisbon sugar. five plumb of gmtol nut,-
mcg. three hundred haste-l biscuits. and a
bust built on purpose was planet in the foun~
train. and a boy rowml around it and filled
thecuxs of the people who came there to be
supphui. “'ell. you say that was a lot»
unous entertainment. and of course the
nun had no anxiety: but I have to tell you.
that though you had. or propose an enter
Nutrient. like that. you have anxiety. [n
that very thing mum-s the Divine NwahI.
“'0 wow born to m-rvm and when we serve
others we serve Uni. The flush on that
woman‘s check. on shr- bends over the hat
ltove. is us stored in God‘s szght as the flush
' on the cbwk of one who. on a hot day.
prom-hes the Guepel. “'e um ' s--rvo God
with plane. and cutter-V. and lnkll’ll.&8(“r-
tainlv u we can serve im with psalmlxmk
and liturgy. Ma t. Qtreen of Norway.
and Sweden. and Denmark. had a royal cup
of ten lips. on which was recorded the names
of the gum who had drunk from this cup.
§ And every Christian woman has a royal cup,
on which are written all the names of those
: who have ever been entertained by her in
; Christian 51)‘Ie—-M!lle's not cut by human
gingenuit . but written by the band of a
; Divine esus lint. my frietnis. you are not
:to toil unnumrily. Though the fare be
. plain. cheerful presidency of the table. and
‘ cleanlimas of quointments Will be good
, ammgb for anvbodv that ever unites to
, your house. John Howard was invited to
the house of a tioldeman. He said: "I Will
. more on one condition. and that is. that
vou have nothing but potatws on the tab "
he myuisition was complied with. Cyrus.
King 0 Persia. under the same cin-umstauces.
proscribed that on the table then» must be
nothing but bread. of course they. were
extremes. but they are illttstmtions of the
. fact that more depends upon the lmuquetm
l than upon the banruet. I mt. to lift this
i Idea. of Christian entertainment out of a [usi-
. ttve bondage into a glorious inducement.
l Every affort'zzu put forth. and every dollar
you give to entertainment. of friend‘ or
.i no. you give I‘m-MW to Cbnst.‘ Sum it
Nuns announcedtbatthe Lord Jesus Christ
i would cane to thin this wk. what
iworunnin this‘ home would not. be lanito
'wasb for Him. «sinned for Him a red. or
.bnke bread for Him .' There was one of old
lwbo washed for Him. drawing the water
~ from the well of her own tears. lie is com~
ing. He will be here totntwrow. “ Inasmuch
as ye boredom it to one of‘tbc haste! three,
my brethren. ye have done it to Me " In picn-
_ um galleries we have often Sen Impersona—
tions of “'alter Scott and his friends. or
g \Vnshington Irving with It’s gm”. tunes: but
all thine engravings will fade out. while
through everlasting a , banging“ luminous
g and conspicutuas will the pictun of you
' and your Christian" ‘ guests. .
Yousee we have pass! out from the trials
to the rewards of Christian b vitality;
,grand, glorious. and eternal. rat. ro-
wnrdof Christian “finality is the Divine
benediction. “'hen any one attends to
this duty. God‘s blessing comes upon bun“ .
.. upon his companion. upon his children. upon
’bis d‘ ' ~ball. upon his parlor, upon his
t .......‘“s.. - -
. blessing comes in at the front
. and the book «but. and down through
skylights. hod‘ draws a long mark of
‘t for set-vim received. Christ said to
' disci les: “Be that receivetb you. re»-
‘voth e; and he that iveth a cup of cold
water in the names)! a isciplo shall in no
wise lose his reward.” Aswe have bad so
many things mused against us in heaven,
it will be a satisfaction to have writtenou
i unfailin archives. the {art that in the
E month May. or June, or September. or De-
1 camber. mu. we made the ldrssfnbmistaku
l of supposing that. we were entertainina weak
«men like ourselves. when lo: they showed
l their pinion: before tbev left, nndwo found
‘ out that they “on: angels unawares
Another rowan! cornea in the good wisheo
,and aycmof our guests. I do not think
one‘s nose ever ts over having l1.l'I a
manorwomsn a do there. George W ‘too
fluidised to scratch on the window of the
room where he was entertained a passage 0!
Scri tune.andinone case.after be tomato
who 6 household wu converted by the toad-
Ing of that pnsage ontbe window pane. The
woman of Shortens furnisheda little room
over the wall for Elishmand all mange:
have heerd the gloriotn conssquenca. 0n n
cold. stormy winter night. my father one».
camel Trueman Osborne. the evangol‘ut. and
through all eternity I will thank Godthat
trgtg”
a legend told of St. Sebald, that: in his Christ;-
ianmunda he used to stop for entertainment
at the house of a poor wtwnght. Coming
3.1““ $935,“? “9"“ 1“" mmm‘m‘fi
‘ am' reeling or , ‘2;
St. Sobeld ordered the
when be entertained the angels. and which ’
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..... HOPE FOR THIS DISAPPOINTID. "0n the fourth day I trudged? along A ' after he‘s abed an‘ beekin’ ‘em up. Ky ' ‘ in m m," ‘mu I". '5‘“:
.PH E SEN TINEL g y -- weary and diapirited. ' Iknew the 1‘3‘ BUDGET OF FUN- team is a little heftier eaters than hiS'l ’ REV. DR. TALMAGE- a 3““ :2,“ gang“; thew”
_ . for?» ontt‘bhe shops t? stand 11 glans {are not givrng {hm bntIdtdlp t I10 I drip’tf complain much. Bat bl d: M'lima'nd w: “Why. I min‘t kn‘aw mung
' g n corn: esa s at inge t can, 'no'w_ ow soon mt t meet anot er HDMOROIIS s on ateat ie --I jes’ dispise em. '11 oo ' u ‘ inch-sci :" end 3'0}! Vi 5'“
:~ ;: t: - :21? 77’1““ T‘ ,. ::~~‘ And wonder if t-hereyeeshau be, band. ‘ I came to a s allow stream and VARIOugtgoiggfii-ISFR ;right here in front 0‘ my house if you TEE BROOKLYN DIVINES SUN- on and Ka- yan_wrll M‘g‘vm
\mong the ships that touch the land, waded across. As I started to climb the ‘ i want to—this is good campin‘ ground." DdY SERMON. 01 thanks for $1.3m»? we“ “a.
goes-n nonwsnk. SEPTEMBER to Some beavy-freightaed argosy bank I was struck bv the appearance of 7 . —-Dakota Bell. ,- , -—--- E or ”M And a. W will be so
, .With trmum just for him and me the 5011- I scratched about a little and 5 TN“! \Vonderful Man—A Barber‘s —-——-— Subject: “ How to Treat ComN“¥-" gull kindlv reminiscence- and Christina
[-0 use and give with lavish hand. found that gold was plentiful. For a Frightml Europa-Determin- Land Hunting in Arkansas. cond it will be a PM? 33° «:03
r .. r * -~ . while I forgot my fatigue and drove two in: to Sell—“mated lnsur- A man sto ped near Patterson‘s Bayou u . . l‘t .. It hoover the deep wwcmb
‘ ‘ V its arm about my wk 18 “mils sticks down to indicate my claim. I once—Too 0|d,Erc.. Etc. and thus ad rcssed an Old fellow who “P1X; Gwen to ”mm“. ' y‘ — in“. \vm“ 'm $3.0“, ”this
PAL'I‘S FOR THE CIJRIOLS. His brave voice utters wordsoreheer: ‘ slept near by that night a i when I _.______ . stood with his arms resting on a fence: ‘ mg “We olhnd. snail: with a
- a.“ I . . ' ’ ' . ' u ~ 2» There is clan that. the multi lication of '0’ “'9’- . n H ‘ ‘
' —-:—--— remember how eat it year awoke the sun was up, and two roytgh- Foatherly—"I don‘t think much of . DO you 11“? he“?! .he asked. 1".“ and 1 "ugh.“ but,“ in It)“, towns. sword at hisside it It hm“ m“
bong. Island is in the shape of a fish. Months: kept fmm young. looking white men. armed wrth rttlcS. your friend Robinson, Lumiev.“ 2 “Don‘t see me dying here, do you!“ “d cities, and “um,“ will utterly ”mu..- 1 g and shelter. W . we“ ‘1‘":
alt ts 115 miles long and twelve miles White hope grow old. infirm and seer. were standing near me. Itrled to get Duixilcy“‘\\’bat‘s the nfatter with “All. you are SPOTHW- 1 have heard I a m ”M m‘m‘ ”yum
who had lined his
with slugtwmet them. and tellingtlre woman
to stand back. I am happy to so". dropped
the two assaulting despmlmdendntbfl
feet.\\'ell. now there are no bandits prowling
around to destroy our boosts; but how one!
it is that we find IIIKN that have been our
3 bis-omit our defenders. “"3 gave them
shelter first. and than afterwards m the great
conflicts of life they might for our mp“-
cation; they foagpt for our property; they
on rht for our son . ,
t Ahinther Nwanl that (“triad from Christina
hospitality is in the momma-we that. we stall
have hospitality shown to us and mourn. In
the uirturnings of IIlts‘ life. whomknows':
Perhaps they are sent to .
tlcvc «venom of your?
I‘m-haw: they new to be mtcndni f
as an illustration of the opp note of what .3
PM .
what city or what Land we may
and how much we may need an opendvot
Them may tsxtuc no such crisis to us. but our
children may be thrown into some Incl
strait. He who is in at ‘hrtsttau manner has
piutlsle has a free pint-s [hr-nigh all t‘hnsten
d-un. It may be that you will have be»:
dead tifty yarns before any such stress shall
1 omw upon one of your deawndants; but d:
' \‘ou Ill)! slllfibtit llmt liol y‘all h‘IBémbél'
iftv \‘uat‘.’ And the knuckle of the rand
clitliwtll b“ lt-‘anl against the door am
SIF.\!\.‘-"‘. and that sl . -r u ill up ‘u; and it. wil
luv mike-l over m it 'avru. and it “3.“ be said
“You In m‘s granltathur. fifty years fin
fiAYL‘ slit-itor to a stranger. and no 2
stratus-I“: dour is u I ll tor a gran is m.“
Among the tire-lb: alter entertaining on
bent; cute tniucl. tizcy take a pic v of load
and cut it in too. and the bust Likes onwhalt
o: the IIIPs“ of load and thc .zttcst the ”the!
half as tlrcv part. Thv“ tun ;~:.« t~< or kw
are hand-shin“ n from ,Iv‘tts-t‘ullnzl to germ
tzou. and thou faultiv to tam lv 'ill-I alto!
nwltzlc pcrlirw one of in - tannins in “an! 0!
I'l trouble go out “3th this one gave of h-at
and tin l the other tam 3;" myth the cut-N
sp undm: ILW“ of lead. and no so her ts thy.
tally t‘nlupicirAI than thntil hospitality ts
"unmixed. and eternal trim: islo . pl-slgui. St
the memory of Christian nos; utility wall gt
down {nun gs'tls‘l‘ntolll t . :e-tzorataui. am’
fnrm family to tanuiv. :ur-l the t .lly wi's
never be list. neither in this World not tbs
I‘urld tn conic.
Mark this the day will men.- when we will
all be tunic-d out of tbs-rs. wu‘uuut any ex
n-ptomn— bare bot. bare ill-ml. no water it
the coitus-n. no tun-.1 l m the tzztwmrck. am:
We xvii! go in that way into thn future world
Arr! I Wonder if cf :rnnl h upuahtim Wt:
open before us. an! it we mill:- remixed
int.- e-vcrlastmg hallmark-us! Francis Phi
colloid was a rt b it l .n. and he was very
Inch-it'll! and vorv inugntnbie- \luz- elayali
Englishman by the noun of Thouuu Croat
well unwary-i at door asking for
shelter and altos. “- luch “ere cheerfully
WWIvhNI. I-‘n-s‘otnll alter-«ran! lust all bu
g propu‘ty. lhh'aiue very pur. mil wank-rut
up into England. nn-l on» tiny" lm saw a pro
(fission passing. an lu‘ :t was the bird L'hnu‘
(‘e-llur of Hugh-u: i; amt in‘ the Lord t‘ham'el
Ior of Englauloas l‘tznruas Cromwell. the
very man whom be bid onw {~erde u:
Italy. The Loni Chan sailor at the first giants
of Prose-timid. rec-gmrmi him. and dis
mnuntoi from Ins cacti-urn threw his arms
chum-d him. ornlara «at b In paid his debts.
invited him to ins norm». and said
" Here are ten ‘IltN‘rK of mom-v to par forum
bread you gave me. and IIPI‘F on» ten p'e «to!
xnotwy to provide for the horse you loaned
me. and here are four bags. in etch n! which
are four hundnd do at s. Take them and be
well“ So it will be a: last with us. If we
enu-rtaiu Chrzst m the prrmn of Hts disciplis
in this world. when “c use up into the next
country. we will m or \ ‘iit'ist m a regal pru-
cesszon. and He Will your all the wealth
of heaven into our lap. uni open before
us everlasting hmp‘tilttmt. And U. how
tarm- are the rich-est enter-taint“ was we can
give on earth unmaml with the mgal nan»
mti some which l‘hriss will III.\‘_lIa_‘v' twtore our
souls in heaven' I was MIIJ; the amount
which Thom is Fuller gin-s o: the entv-rtain-
merit provided he lie-Jrgfl Seville. Among
other thiu;s for that temple-t t3 ey had three
hundml upturn-rs of when! one hundred and.
[our ttt:.suf “me. .. my oxen. three thou- 7
sand ca I ins. two i dust craves. two hun-
drwl kia s. four thousand pig-«ms. four thou»
sand rabbits. twoimn insl and four bxtterus,
two hundred phcasmts. five hundred
fridges. four trunk-cl plover. one
uutlmi quail. one be. crel cutlets-s. fifteen
huudn‘l hot walrus. time thousuid cold vans
Lsim p.91 oxfuur thousua l landlords—the End
of \\ :irwick ai'lill;1k~ stewardwan-i sen: 'iturs
one thousand. U. “hat a grand foam was
that? But then muup‘ire it With the waivisiou
which (:01 has “note for us an hub: that
gnu: banquet hour: the one bundmi and
turtv and four ttnuwsnd guests; alltfie
and trum lots of llr‘aVr-u as the nth-bests;
vitita;oo the m-lestml hills mum! tntotho
tsukanls: all the fruits o the onduards of
Gal piled “rt the golden plattefiz the angels
of the lonl for con Immoral! the on»
folded stan‘ y tanner of the blue skytl
out over the sonic. while seated at. the
of the table shall be thellm 'ho nigh taut:
centuries aaro dwlarel: "I wssa mugs:-
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Is an interview with a New York ro-
porter James P. himball. Director 0!
the United States Mint. said: “The
New York Assay Office is the larth
and moat important in the United
States, and more of the precious metals
arebandledheree'eryyearthanatell
the other ofiicea combined. Last year
this office "manufactured into but
$48,321,567.“ of gold out of a total 0!
$2,259,703.73, and $5,611,375.22 of
silver out of the total of $7,571,68tli’6.
Theafl'aira of theotlicoare in perfect
shape and condition, notwithstanding
the great amount of work done here,
but we nlwaya expect to find ib condi-
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tion satisfactory, and ,. it as the
model office of thopoun 1h buei.
neos is systematized. and ' bemg' done
by old and tried employ” Changes
in the personnel of drama. are made
“seldom ea “bland! never for
political reasons. .It is the only acid
refinery belonging to‘the Government.
and genenlly largo quantitiee of metal
to be refined areeeut borefromtbe
other oficee because the facilities here
areaomucbbetter.’ Inanswereotbe
question why the mother mint would
have been placed in Philadelphia in~
stead of in New York, Mr. Kimbell
add: “The mint was eatebhah‘ ed in
Philadelphia when that city we. the
acute! Government, and no he. mee‘
remained there. I know that than 'u
a strong feeling that it should be re-
moved either to this city or Wealun‘ g-
tou, and Philadelphinns are may
fearing that such a step may be taken
The mint in, at present, inadequate for
its purpose; but no large am
ieaeked for fear-Congreumayaay, it
it requires-o great a sum to put it in
condition. why would it not he a good
idea to build e new mint eomewhuu
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